Harold R. Burton, age 69, of Hay Springs, died Sunday, September 2, 2012 at Box Butte General Hospital. He was born in Alliance on March 2, 1943 to Charles and Ida (Gray) Burton. He grew up on the family ranch north of Bingham. Harold was a graduate of the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis, NE and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

On May 25, 1990 he was united in marriage to Agnes M. Garity. Harold worked as a financial director for the Nebraska State Labor Department for 25 years. For the last 15 years he and his wife have operated their ranch north of Hay Springs.